Museum number:
| APM 14.331 |
Subcollection:
| ethnographic pipes |
Title:
| tobacco pipe |
Keyword:
| seated person |
Description:
| Tabakspijp van aardewerk met zware figurale ketel, vlakke driehoekige onderzijde en oplopende steel met manchet. Ketel zittende vrouw met conische navel en buiktatoeage, armbanden om de boven- en onderarmen. Ketel tussen de schouders, hoofd steekt boven de filt uit. |
Date:
| Period | 1975 - 1995 |
Dimensions:
| Bowl | Height | 4.88 in (12.4 cm) |
| Width | 2.09 in (5.3 cm) | |
| Stem | Length | 1.73 in (4.4 cm) |
| Weight | 423 gram |
Characteristics
| Pipe type | stub stemmed pipe |
| Pipe shape | figural |
| Material | pottery (ceramic) |
| Technique | hand-formed, black smothered |
| Colour | brown grey |
| Traces of use | ongerookt |
Production
| Continent | Africa |
| Region international | West Africa |
| Country | Ghana |
| Ethnicity | Frafra |
Acquisition
| Year | 1995 |
| Provenance | Ghana, Kumasi, S. Fofane, handelaar |
| Ghana, noordelijke streken, 1995 |
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